Klein Tools/Jim Beam Driver Dan Wheldon 13th in Kansas Qualifying

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                                                                           For Immediate Release

                         Klein Tools/Jim Beam Driver Dan Wheldon
                                     Qualifies 13th at Kansas

        Kansas City, Kansas (July 3, 2004) - Klein Tools/Jim Beam driver Dan Wheldon
qualified 13th today for the Indy Racing League® IndyCar® Series Argent Mortgage Kansas
Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway.  The 26-year-old Brit posted a best speed of 207.151 miles
per hour around the 1.5-mile oval.
        Wheldon, currently second in the IndyCar Series championship standings, ran his
fastest lap of the day during the qualifying session.  The Klein Tools/Jim Beam team worked
on race balance during a morning practice session and is confident the setup will be strong
during tomorrow's event.
        Buddy Rice won his third pole of the year with a speed of 210.141 miles per hour.
Rice edged out Wheldon's Andretti Green teammate, Tony Kanaan, who will start on the
outside of the front row after posting a speed 209.681 miles per hour.  Vitor Meira, who
posted season-best finish of second last week at Richmond, will start third with a speed of
209.342 miles per hour.
        The Argent Mortgage Kansas Indy 300, Round 7 of the IndyCar Series schedule, will
start tomorrow at 12:45 p.m. (EDT).  ABC Sports will air the 200-lap event live with
coverage beginning at 12:30 p.m. (EDT).


Dan Wheldon, Driver, #26 Klein Tools/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone
        "We are having a similar problem to what we had at Texas and we just don't know
why we're struggling right now.  I'm very disappointed for the whole Klein Tools/Jim Beam
crew because we've had a strong season so far.  It's okay to have a problem as long as you
can solve it and I'm totally confident in my team that we will be running up front here."

Eddie Jones, Race Engineer, #26 Klein Tools/Jim Beam Dallara/Honda/Firestone
        "We're confident that we have a very good race car and Dan is driving extremely well
right now, so I think you'll see us coming from the back once again.  I think the track is
going to allow us to make some passes and the Klein Tools/Jim Beam car should move up
to the front."

                                                 -AGR-
Contact:
Tom McGovern, (317) 872-2700 ext 264, tom.mcgovern@andrettigreenracing.com
Al Larsen, (317) 872-2700 ext 239, alan.larsen@andrettigreenracing.com